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enLISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #263http://lisnews.org/listen_an_lisnewsorg_program_episode_263
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This week we have an essay on information ethics, use the word "lethal" more times than usual in this program, and present a news miscellany that seems biased towards libraries news out of the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>Related links:</p>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://lisnews.org/ashtabula_county_district_library_keeps_extremely_narrow_levy_win">LISNews: Ashtabula County District Library Keeps Extremely Narrow Levy Win</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2013/ucm376296.htm">Food and Drug Administration: Warning Letter to 23andme</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-25/fda-tells-google-backed-23andme-to-halt-dna-test-service.html">Bloomberg: FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe to Halt DNA Test Service</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/25/5144928/how-23andme-brought-down-fda-wrath-personal-genetics-wojcicki">The Verge: Body blow: How 23andMe brought down the FDA's wrath</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/25/23andme_tests_halted_by_fda/">The Register: Bad genes? US watchdog halts 23andMe's handy home DNA test kits -- FDA accuses biz of selling medical gear without a license</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/fda-orders-personal-genetics-company-23andme-to-stop-selling-tests/">Ars Technica: FDA orders personal genetics company 23andMe to stop selling tests</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.france24.com/en/20131129-france-court-bans-illegal-video-sites-piracy-downloads-streaming-tv-movies">France24: French court tackles illegal streaming and download sites</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2013/11/the-day-anonymous-took-down-friendfeed.html">Pegasus Librarian: The day Anonymous took down … FriendFeed?</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2013/11/friendfeed-resurrected-the-afterstory.html">Pegasus Librarian: FriendFeed Resurrected: the Afterstory</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://georgesideaslab.dialogue-app.com/ideas/create-raspberry-pi-centres-in-public-libraries">Bristol Festival of Ideas: Create Raspberry Pi centres in public libraries</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/25/uk_computer_science_graduate_employment_woes/">The Register: What's wrong with Britain's computer scientists? -- And why is it so hard for CompSci grads to get jobs?</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/2013/11/lambeth-campaigners-adopt-the-manifesto-for-libraries/">Voices for the Library: Lambeth campaigners adopt the Manifesto for Libraries</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/all-of-wikipedia-can-be-installed-to-your-desktop-in-just-30-hours/">Ars Technica: All of Wikipedia can be installed to your desktop in just 30 hours</a> </li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/28/local-council-funding-cuts-arts">The Guardian: Cuts may force councils to stop funding arts and leisure services by 2015 -- Study warns that authorities will have to focus on core services, leaving others such as libraries and leisure centres at risk</a> </li>
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<!--break--></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/38">LISNews</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43">Legal Issues</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51">Internet</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/56">Information Architecture</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/58">Information Retrieval</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/69">Electronic Publications</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88">LISNews Features</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/podcast">LISNews Netcast Network</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/139">Information Science</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/topic/listen">LISTen</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topic/lnn_experimental">LNN Experimental</a></div></div></div>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 04:25:58 +0000StephenK42519 at http://lisnews.orgDon’t Panic: Why Catastrophism Fails Libraries http://lisnews.org/don_t_panic_why_catastrophism_fails_libraries
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>We just celebrated an important holiday – towel day. Sadly, I only just found out about it as I browsed the Internet when I should have been working. But I will henceforth do what I can to “really know where my towel is,” to quote the late great Douglas Adams.</p>
<p>This may come in handy, because I’ve been thinking a lot about “disruptive innovation” and what that really means, about MOOCs and what the rhetoric around them tells us about the present state of higher education, and about the millennial talk about the future of libraries.</p>
<p><a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/05/opinion/peer-to-peer-review/dont-panic-why-catastrophism-fails-libraries-peer-to-peer-review/" rel="nofollow">Full article</a></p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 31 May 2013 05:59:56 +0000Bibliofuture42177 at http://lisnews.orgLibrary or country club?http://lisnews.org/library_or_country_club
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-to-the-editor/library-or-country-club/article_44e4c2f4-f697-55fb-a926-f72bd82ad920.html" rel="nofollow">Letter to the editor</a> by person kicked out of library because the library was having a private party.</p>
</div></div></div>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:37:29 +0000Bibliofuture41864 at http://lisnews.orgThe Joint New Year's Eve Specialhttp://lisnews.org/the_joint_new_years_eve_special
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/38">LISNews</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51">Internet</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/53">International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/56">Information Architecture</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/58">Information Retrieval</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/78">Censorship</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80">Politics</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88">LISNews Features</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/podcast">LISNews Netcast Network</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/115">Blogging</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topic/listen">LISTen</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/topic/lnn_experimental">LNN Experimental</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In concert with the team behind the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org">Ubuntu UK Podcast</a>, the Air Staff at Erie Looking Productions presented via <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wbcq.com/?p=591">WBCQ</a> a New Year's Eve special <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.erielookingproductions.info/2012/12/115-the-nye-broadcast-announcement">broadcast via shortwave radio</a>. Now that the show has finished being broadcast, it is being made available for download.</p>
<p>Download <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://lisnews.org/files/NYE2012.mp3">here (MP3)</a>. You can <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://lisnews.org/taxonomy/term/113/feed">subscribe to the podcast (MP3)</a> to have episodes delivered to your media player. We suggest subscribing by way of a service like <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://gpodder.net/subscribe?url=http://lisnews.org/taxonomy/term/113/feed">gpodder.net</a>. Stephen's shopping list of items to replace hardware damaged and destroyed due to adverse circumstances over the past week, which includes requiring replacement of our dead in-house server with a lower-powered Raspberry Pi at this point, can be found <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://amzn.com/w/35SWMCWPMXDJE">here</a> where direct purchasing is possible to send the items directly to the Air Staff.</p>
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<!--break--></div></div></div>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:49:09 +0000StephenK41792 at http://lisnews.orgLISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #218http://lisnews.org/listen_an_lisnewsorg_program_episode_218
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/38">LISNews</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88">LISNews Features</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/podcast">LISNews Netcast Network</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/topic/listen">LISTen</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topic/lnn_experimental">LNN Experimental</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p align="justify">This week's episode brings discussion of preparing to respond <strong>appropriately</strong> to Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath as well as a news miscellany.</p>
<p align="justify">Related links:</p>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/study-writers-are-twice-as-likely-to-commit-suicide/263833/">The Atlantic: Study -- Writers Are Twice as Likely to Commit Suicide</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20039580">BBC: UN calls to expand internet surveillance</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57537559-38/u.n-calls-for-anti-terror-internet-surveillance/">CNET: U.N. calls for 'anti-terror' Internet surveillance</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/amazon-web-services-outage-once-again-shows-reality-behind-the-cloud/">Ars Technica: Amazon Web Services outage once again shows reality behind "the cloud"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-198.html">Library of Congress: Chronicling America Posts 5 Millionth Page -- Popular Online Resource Provides Access to Nation’s Historic Newspapers</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/10/19/f-doxing-tracking-online-identity-anonymity.html">CBC News: Online vigilantes -- Is 'doxing' a neighbourhood watch or dangerous witch hunt?</a></li>
</ul><p align="justify">Download <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://lisnews.org/files/LISTen-218.mp3">here (MP3)</a> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://lisnews.org/files/LISTen-218.ogg">(Ogg Vorbis)</a>, or <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://lisnews.org/taxonomy/term/113/feed">subscribe to the podcast (MP3)</a> to have episodes delivered to your media player. We suggest subscribing by way of a service like <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://gpodder.net/subscribe?url=http://lisnews.org/taxonomy/term/113/feed">gpodder.net</a>. Support and subsistence items for the production team can be purchased and sent from <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://amzn.com/w/35SWMCWPMXDJE">here</a> via Amazon, as always.</p>
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<!--break--></div></div></div>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:35:18 +0000StephenK41617 at http://lisnews.orgOp-ed: Long Live Paperhttp://lisnews.org/oped_long_live_paper
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11">Books</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/141">Ebooks</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Opinion piece on the NYT: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/opinion/long-live-paper.html?src=me&amp;ref=general" rel="nofollow">Long Live Paper</a></p>
<p>Excerpt: </p>
<p>LAST week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared a war on paper textbooks. “Over the next few years,” he said in a speech at the National Press Club, “textbooks should be obsolete.” In their place would come a variety of digital-learning technologies, like e-readers and multimedia Web sites.</p>
<p>Such technologies certainly have their place. But Secretary Duncan is threatening to light a bonfire to a tried-and-true technology — good old paper — that has been the foundation for one of the great educational systems on the planet. And while e-readers and multimedia may seem appealing, the idea of replacing an effective learning platform with a widely hyped but still unproven one is extremely dangerous.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:31:21 +0000Bibliofuture41541 at http://lisnews.orgElif Shafak: The politics of fictionhttp://lisnews.org/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/45">Authors</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><object width="526" height="374"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2010G/Blank/ElifShafak_2010G-320k.mp4&amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ElifShafak-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=512&amp;vh=288&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=917&amp;lang=en&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction;year=2010;theme=master_storytellers;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TEDGlobal+2010;tag=culture;tag=novel;tag=politics;tag=storytelling;tag=women;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="526" height="374" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2010G/Blank/ElifShafak_2010G-320k.mp4&amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ElifShafak-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=512&amp;vh=288&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=917&amp;lang=en&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction;year=2010;theme=master_storytellers;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TEDGlobal+2010;tag=culture;tag=novel;tag=politics;tag=storytelling;tag=women;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed></object></div></div></div>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:58:41 +0000Bibliofuture41401 at http://lisnews.orgAlexander Wild, Grand Forks, column: Why GF librarians are not underpaidhttp://lisnews.org/alexander_wild_grand_forks_column_why_gf_librarians_are_not_underpaid
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/244605/group/homepage/" rel="nofollow">Editorial</a> discussing pay at the Grand Forks, ND public library.</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:35:22 +0000Bibliofuture41396 at http://lisnews.orgOp ed: Seattle's libraries need a makeover for the digital worldhttp://lisnews.org/op_ed_seattles_libraries_need_a_makeover_for_the_digital_world
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Op-ed by George Hageman. He recently graduated from Harvard University. His father, Bob Hageman, is a retired librarian who worked for Seattle Public Library.</p>
<p>First, we need to change the layout of the branches and prioritize the needs of the modern patron. Nowadays, people come to the library to gather with friends and neighbors, to study in a peaceful environment, to watch DVDs and flip through magazines or to browse the Internet for free. As any librarian will tell you, they rarely come to read books.</p>
<p><a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2019004861_guestgeorgehagemanxml.html" rel="nofollow">Full op-ed here.</a></p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:58:57 +0000Bibliofuture41365 at http://lisnews.orgLISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #201http://lisnews.org/listen_an_lisnewsorg_program_episode_201
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80">Politics</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88">LISNews Features</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/podcast">LISNews Netcast Network</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/topic/listen">LISTen</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topic/lnn_experimental">LNN Experimental</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This week's episode brings not just an editorial about the Smith-Mundt Act &amp; domestic dissemination of the Voice of America, economic chatter, but a news miscellany too. As discussed in the program, you can get a France24 app for your phone <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.france24.com/en/mobile">here</a>. The linkdumps feed off the Erie Looking Productions blog is available <a href="http://erielookingproductions.info/index.rss">here</a>.</p>
<p>Direct Download Link: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://lisnews.org/files/LISTen-200.ogg">Ogg Vorbis Audio</a> </p>
<p>Related links:<br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-119.html">Orin Kerr Named Scholar in Residence at Law Library of Congress</a><br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/257211/eu_wants_blocking_agreement_for_child_porn_websites.html#tk.rss_news">PC World: EU Wants Blocking Agreement for Child Porn Websites</a><br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18335173">BBC News: Depression: Exercise advice questioned when added to standard treatments</a><br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/257041/ipv6_launch_amazon_ebay_twitter_sit_on_sidelines.html#tk.rss_news">PC World: IPv6 Launch: Amazon, eBay, Twitter Sit on Sidelines</a><br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://m.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/04/big_data_too_big/">Matt Asay at The Register: Big Data is now TOO BIG - and we're drowning in toxic information</a><br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/senator-asks-doj-to-investigate-swat-ting-attacks-on-conservative-bloggers/">ABC News: Senator Asks DOJ to Investigate SWAT-ting Attacks on Conservative Bloggers</a><br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://marchant.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=298885">Marchant Stands for Free Speech and with Conservative Bloggers Under Attack</a><br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/07/un_vint_cert/">The Register: Vint Cerf--'COMMUNISTS want to seize the INTERNET'</a><br /><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/06/01/tech-google-china-censorship.html">CBC News: Google flags censored search words to Chinese users</a></p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/"><img style="border-width: 0;" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/us/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" /></a><br /><br /><span>LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23201">#201</a></span> by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://erielookingproductions.info">The Air Staff of Erie Looking Productions</a> is licensed under a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
<!--break--></div></div></div>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:54:24 +0000StephenK41019 at http://lisnews.orgA Food Truck & a Bookmobile Walk Into a Museumhttp://lisnews.org/a_food_truck_a_bookmobile_walk_into_a_museum
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This is an essay I wrote last month and am having trouble finding an audience. I think LISnews readers and I would find it mutually beneficial.</p>
<p><a href="http://grawlsy.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/a-food-truck-a-bookmobile-walk-into-a-museum/" rel="nofollow">http://grawlsy.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/a-food-truck-a-bookmobile-walk-into-a-museum/</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10">Book Mobiles</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/25">Public Libraries</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/39">Libraries</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/41">Librarians</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/92">Museums</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/101">Book Stores</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/115">Blogging</a></div></div></div>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:36:43 +0000Anonymous Patron40950 at http://lisnews.orgBombing Bridgeshttp://lisnews.org/bombing_bridges
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51">Internet</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/53">International</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/56">Information Architecture</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/78">Censorship</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/115">Blogging</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/139">Information Science</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p></p><p align="justify">CNET's Greg Sandoval <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20077492-261/top-isps-agree-to-become-copyright-cops/?tag=mncol;4n">reported last year</a> that top Internet Service Providers came to an agreement with the RIAA and MPAA to engage in copyright enforcement. Ryan Whitwam <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/internet/122747-isps-to-become-copyright-cops-this-summer">noted at ExtremeTech</a> that the agreement is set to kick in during Summer 2012 and would entail a graduated response system. The Electronic Frontier Foundation <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/07/graduated-response-deal-what-if-users-had-been">reported that this was not founded by governmental action but instead a Memorandum of Understanding among multiple companies</a> that remains open for other companies to sign on.</p><p align="justify">By this summer we will see a graduated response system for copyright enforcement arise in the United States. There won't be a firm procedure in place but the general structure calls for six strikes. During later strikes there is the possibility to utilize captive landing pages that would effectively terminate a user's Internet access until they carry out whatever mitigation measure the Internet Service Provider deems appropriate. While there is the possibility of arbitration, there is not generally recourse to governmental involvement in the matter. Contractual obligations and the use of Terms of Service as private legislation come into play.</p><p align="justify">As seen at Harbor-Topky Memorial Library in the Ashtabula harbor today, signs are posted warning users of library WiFi that using file-sharing applications and peer-to-peer applications on their network may result in the termination of access privileges. That perhaps highlights the danger shared Internet connections present in light of the Memorandum of Understanding entering into force in Summer 2012. If a copyright violation is found, all that can be seen is the account's access point to the ISP's network. There is not necessarily a way to differentiate which particular user committed the infringement, though.</p><p align="justify">It is regrettably possible that six infringements by six separate users on a shared network access point could result in the termination of service. In an unprotected wireless network it is possible to have parties unknown usurp a connection and cause infringement without the knowledge of the actual account holder. Unless WPA2 and other security measures are employed, an innocent account holder could be blamed for the foul action of a third party. This has already happened which is why normal advice in establishing a wireless network is to engage WPA2 encryption as soon as possible and to keep your network passphrase secret.</p><p align="justify">A degree of sophistication is required to avoid the very possible nightmare scenarios above. This unfortunately means, though, that networking hardware marketed to consumers needs to be treated as more than "set and forget" devices. With the greater push to frictionless sharing online and reducing burdens in accessing the Internet the possibility of the digital divide widening grows.</p><p align="justify">In light of an online environment that continues to deteriorate, fallback options are always necessary. For content producers it is very difficult when potential readers/listeners/viewers cannot access the producer's goods. While it can be said by users that the Internet treats censorship and is built to route around it, that notion assumes that routing can continue without interference or disruption. As we now see, the routing of traffic is now going to be subject to intentional interference and accepting that interference will be a condition of access. By private agreement of a group of companies, the trade in information can be restrained at least with regards to information fixed in electronic form.</p><p align="justify">When it comes to LISNews let alone the rest of the LISHost galaxy this is not an insignificant concern. When the actual means of routing traffic are effectively compromised, relying on a compromised network can result in the effective disappearance of sites. Who needs to burn books when you can just put the functional equivalent of a minefield around content repositories?</p><p align="justify">Depending upon how this sort of change impacts the Internet at-large, we have looked at workarounds. Since 2009 there have been two proof-of-concept exercises to continue LISNews and other parts of the LISHost galaxy through alternative means. A print edition of LISNews was piloted after being created using tools provided by FedEx Office. Since then we have seen the creation of <a href="http://www.magcloud.com/">HP MagCloud</a> which would more easily do what we attempted. On New Year's Eve 2011 we <a href="http://liswire.com/content/experimental-radio-broadcast-planned-protest-stop-online-piracy-act">heard LISTen make its debut on shortwave radio</a> through the broadcast resources of WBCQ in Maine. </p><p align="justify">In both exercises, the general content remained the same while the manifestation differed. This has been a concept seen often in modern librarianship where books have large print editions and unabridged books-on-tape. As an adaptation tactic in terms of content creation, it may soon become quite critical.</p><p align="justify">It is not necessarily time to begin fundraising to incarnate alternative manifestations of content online perhaps. A few months remain before the private enforcement regime begins. Keeping the thought in the back of one's mind is prduent, though.</p><p align="center"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/us/88x31.png" /></a><br /><span xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dct:title" rel="dct:type">Bombing Bridges</span> by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="http://erielookingproductions.info" property="cc:attributionName">Stephen Michael Kellat</a> is licensed under a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
<!--break--></div></div></div>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:37:47 +0000StephenK40584 at http://lisnews.orgAlternative Paradigms of Accesshttp://lisnews.org/alternative_paradigms_access
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/38">LISNews</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51">Internet</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/58">Information Retrieval</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/69">Electronic Publications</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88">LISNews Features</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/podcast">LISNews Netcast Network</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topic/listen">LISTen</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/topic/lnn_experimental">LNN Experimental</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Do you know how many ways you can keep up with LISNews outside the paradigm of a browser?</p>
<p>There is an e-mail digest of posts you <a href="http://lishost.net/mailman/listinfo/lisnews">can subscribe to</a> if you so choose.</p>
<p>Thanks to the magic of Twitter and SMS short codes, you can get updates sent to your mobile device as text messages when new posts are made. You don't even need to be a registered user of Twitter to do this. To get updates on your phone, send the following to 40404:</p>
<p><tt>FOLLOW lisnews</tt></p>
<p>For readers outside the United States, <a href="https://support.twitter.com/entries/14226-how-to-find-your-twitter-short-long-code">a list of codes to send that command to can be found here</a>.</p>
<p>RSS can give you feeds in an appropriate reader. Plugging <b><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://lisnews.org/rss.xml">http://lisnews.org/rss.xml</a></b> into your RSS reader will let you receive posts outside the browser. A <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_feed_aggregators&amp;oldid=453876824">variety of feed readers</a> are available and we can recommend tools like liferea and newsbeuter.</p>
<p>If you have a Kindle, you can also receive LISNews posts by way of the magic transport layer known as WhisperSync. Access via Amazon is available <a href="http://www.amazon.com/LISNews/dp/B005HPZP80">at a nominal cost</a>. Nobody will see any revenue from that before <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heat_death_of_the_universe&amp;oldid=454189466">the heat death of the universe</a>.</p>
<p>If clicking around in a browser isn't your favored starting point, other avenues do exist to try.</p>
<!--break--></div></div></div>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:42:49 +0000StephenK39848 at http://lisnews.orgAre Research Papers a Waste of Time?http://lisnews.org/are_research_papers_waste_time
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Is the research paper still justifiable as a means of grading a college student's performance?</p>
<p>Critics of the form say it is outdated because the Internet has made sources so readily accessible. In addition, argues an article published recently by the John William Pope Center for Higher Education, research papers promote deference to conventional opinions. Thomas Bertonneau, the author of the article, "Down With Research Papers!" argued that students should instead be assigned essays, focusing on concise arguments staking out a point of view rather than long, informative surveys of a subject.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/28/are-research-papers-a-waste-of-time?hp" rel="nofollow">Room for Debate piece at NYT.com</a></p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:44:46 +0000Bibliofuture39660 at http://lisnews.orgThe PDF to the essayhttp://lisnews.org/pdf_essay
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>See the attached file.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/38">LISNews</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79">Editorial</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88">LISNews Features</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/podcast">LISNews Netcast Network</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/topic/listen">LISTen</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topic/lnn_experimental">LNN Experimental</a></div></div></div>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:25:10 +0000StephenK39626 at http://lisnews.org